How To Install compat-lua on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-lua in Fedora 36. compat-lua is Powerful light-weight programming language (compat version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-lua on Fedora 36.

What is `compat-lua`

This package contains a compatibility version of the lua-5.1 binaries.

We can use yum or dnf to install compat-lua on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-lua.

Install compat-lua on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install compat-lua using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compat-lua

Install compat-lua on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install compat-lua using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-lua

How To Uninstall compat-lua on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the compat-lua package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove compat-lua

compat-lua Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/lua-5.1
/usr/bin/luac-5.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/5155e9aafe225e091d8dee086c7fec340de16e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/2411e52bbfb6994c1d3625a644be1e35c90cbb
/usr/share/man/man1/lua-5.1.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/luac-5.1.1.gz

References

compat-lua website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-lua on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).